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MATTHEW GARCIA

(Texas, )

Cornerstone Government Affairs

mgarcia@cgagroup.com
(512)2995225
7415 Chattington Drive, Suite 2600, Dallas, TX, 75248,

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Expanded Cornerstone's Texas presence to include Dallas in 2024

Over two decades of experience in policy, advocacy and stakeholder engagement

Former Chief of Staff to Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX)

1) Air Liquide

2) Bristow Group

3) Cemex

4) Endeavors

5) Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce

6) Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company

7) Luminant Generation Company LLC

8) Motorola Solutions, Inc.

9) Parsons Corporation

10) QuikTrip Corporation

11) Simon Wiesenthal Center

12) Texas Pacific Land Corporation

13) Texas Woman's University Foundation

14) TXU Energy Retail Company LLC

15) Valstad Shipworks Inc.

16) Vistra Corp.

17) Vistra Corporate Services Company

Matthew Garcia joined Cornerstone in December of 2024, expanding the firm's Texas footprint to Dallas. A seasoned government and public affairs executive with over two decades experience in the Dallas Region, Matt brings a wealth of experience in policy, advocacy and stakeholder engagement. He joins Cornerstone from the Dallas Regional Chamber, where he served as Senior Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy. In this role, he spearheaded the organization's public policy strategy, while remaining closely engaged with legislators, key stakeholders and C-level executives across the Dallas Region for one of the largest Chambers of Commerce in Texas.

Prior to his time at Dallas Regional Chamber, Matt worked as the Director of External Affairs for Leon Capital Group where he developed the firm's public affairs strategies across their multiple business lines.

Previously, Matt served in the United States House of Representatives, first as District Director (2010-2013) and then as Chief of Staff-Texas (2013-2018), managing Rep. Pete Sessions' (R-TX) office and serving as a key advisor on energy, transportation and general business issues for Texas. Notably, Matt served as the North Texas congressional point of contact working with area city officials, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) and the Army Corps of Engineers to bring online Bois d'Arc Lake, the newest major reservoir in Texas in over 30 years. Matt also worked alongside emergency response teams at the city, county and state levels during the 2014 Ebola crisis in Dallas to deliver accurate and timely public communication while leading information coordination with federal agencies, including the National Institute of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services.

He earned his bachelor's degree in finance from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. Garcia currently serves as Director of the Texas Association of Business, The Dallas Zoo and the Texas Lyceum, and member of the following organizations: McCombs School of Business BBA Advisory Board, Simmons Cancer Center Community Advisory Board, Reading Partners North Texas, the State Fair of Texas Chairman's Task Force, the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Brand Advancement Committee and the SMU Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Advisory Board.